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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Abené Clayton

Threads users decline significantly despite initial surge in sign-ups

Even on its busiest day, usership of Threads was less than half of Twitter’s, according to the data.
Even on its busiest day, usership of Threads was less than half of Twitter’s, according to the data. Photograph: Muhammad Ata/Imageslive/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Despite a dizzying number of initial sign-ups, usage of Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Twitter, has declined significantly in recent weeks, according to a new report of by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform.

Within the first few hours of its launch on 5 July, Threads garnered 5m user registrations and within less than a week at least 100 million people had signed up for the app. But, three weeks later, active daily use or the number of users who engage with the site on a daily basis has dropped, from a peak of 49 million on 7 July to 12 million on 22 July, according to Similarweb.

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